Guest guest Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 My son (who is 12) has more seemingly adult like symptoms/consequences of PSC than most of the kids I know so I thought I would ask this here. A brief history of his bile duct history... 13 ERCPs for partial or total obstructions in his common bile duct stents replaced frequently for years during the ERCPs tons of sludge/stones each time he had the ERCPs initial MRCP and first ERCP they found 2 very tight strictures and a grossly dilated duct last ERCP he had an extra big sphincterotomy cut done to try and establish bile flow after so many obstructions and stents that kept getting clogged after only a few weeks the huge sphincterotomy along with higher doses of urso to thin out bile, new antibiotic and probiotic regimin and g tube feeds have help the quality of his bile somewhat He also has some complicating factors- he has severe short bowel syndrome (most of his small intestines gone, he has no ileocecal valve and virtually no ileum (for bile salt absorption) so he has really poor quality bile- thus the need for urso, antibiotics and questran) He has had severe/acute pancreatitis 3 times and I suspect now has chronic pancreatitis..not confirmed for certain...long story... The recent finding found with the latest and greatest type of MRI machine with all the Philips reps assisting to get some really good images...showed the really obvious (even to my relatively untrained eye) dilation and stricture that twisted around (were called tortuos) . The GI called me himself within a few hours of the study, after having looked at the films himself with the radiologist- so not a good sign. I am wondering if anyone has had problems with chronic pancreatitis that has caused a similar problems. The initial research I have been doing seems to point towards pancreatic problems causing this or caused by this ??. One expert we saw on biliary/liver disease- he actually 'wrote the book' on pediatric liver disease (Dr Balistreri) thought my son would need a permanent external drain for bile flow but the former GI didn't want to go there. Any thought/experience/ideas on what a tortuos (twisting kink) stricture in the common bile duct could mean ? The duct was quite obviously dilated above the stricture. Lori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Lori, Does your son still have his gallbladder? My problems with sludge and clogging have been " solved " (or seem to have) after my gallbladder was taken out. The sludge was coming from my gallbladder. Regards, Chaim Boermeester, Israel From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of wildwildtrips Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 17:49 To: Subject: tortuous stricture in common bile duct My son (who is 12) has more seemingly adult like symptoms/consequences of PSC than most of the kids I know so I thought I would ask this here. A brief history of his bile duct history... 13 ERCPs for partial or total obstructions in his common bile duct stents replaced frequently for years during the ERCPs tons of sludge/stones each time he had the ERCPs initial MRCP and first ERCP they found 2 very tight strictures and a grossly dilated duct last ERCP he had an extra big sphincterotomy cut done to try and establish bile flow after so many obstructions and stents that kept getting clogged after only a few weeks the huge sphincterotomy along with higher doses of urso to thin out bile, new antibiotic and probiotic regimin and g tube feeds have help the quality of his bile somewhat He also has some complicating factors- he has severe short bowel syndrome (most of his small intestines gone, he has no ileocecal valve and virtually no ileum (for bile salt absorption) so he has really poor quality bile- thus the need for urso, antibiotics and questran) He has had severe/acute pancreatitis 3 times and I suspect now has chronic pancreatitis..not confirmed for certain...long story... The recent finding found with the latest and greatest type of MRI machine with all the Philips reps assisting to get some really good images...showed the really obvious (even to my relatively untrained eye) dilation and stricture that twisted around (were called tortuos) . The GI called me himself within a few hours of the study, after having looked at the films himself with the radiologist- so not a good sign. I am wondering if anyone has had problems with chronic pancreatitis that has caused a similar problems. The initial research I have been doing seems to point towards pancreatic problems causing this or caused by this ??. One expert we saw on biliary/liver disease- he actually 'wrote the book' on pediatric liver disease (Dr Balistreri) thought my son would need a permanent external drain for bile flow but the former GI didn't want to go there. Any thought/experience/ideas on what a tortuos (twisting kink) stricture in the common bile duct could mean ? The duct was quite obviously dilated above the stricture. Lori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Lori, Does your son still have his gallbladder? My problems with sludge and clogging have been " solved " (or seem to have) after my gallbladder was taken out. The sludge was coming from my gallbladder. Regards, Chaim Boermeester, Israel From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of wildwildtrips Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 17:49 To: Subject: tortuous stricture in common bile duct My son (who is 12) has more seemingly adult like symptoms/consequences of PSC than most of the kids I know so I thought I would ask this here. A brief history of his bile duct history... 13 ERCPs for partial or total obstructions in his common bile duct stents replaced frequently for years during the ERCPs tons of sludge/stones each time he had the ERCPs initial MRCP and first ERCP they found 2 very tight strictures and a grossly dilated duct last ERCP he had an extra big sphincterotomy cut done to try and establish bile flow after so many obstructions and stents that kept getting clogged after only a few weeks the huge sphincterotomy along with higher doses of urso to thin out bile, new antibiotic and probiotic regimin and g tube feeds have help the quality of his bile somewhat He also has some complicating factors- he has severe short bowel syndrome (most of his small intestines gone, he has no ileocecal valve and virtually no ileum (for bile salt absorption) so he has really poor quality bile- thus the need for urso, antibiotics and questran) He has had severe/acute pancreatitis 3 times and I suspect now has chronic pancreatitis..not confirmed for certain...long story... The recent finding found with the latest and greatest type of MRI machine with all the Philips reps assisting to get some really good images...showed the really obvious (even to my relatively untrained eye) dilation and stricture that twisted around (were called tortuos) . The GI called me himself within a few hours of the study, after having looked at the films himself with the radiologist- so not a good sign. I am wondering if anyone has had problems with chronic pancreatitis that has caused a similar problems. The initial research I have been doing seems to point towards pancreatic problems causing this or caused by this ??. One expert we saw on biliary/liver disease- he actually 'wrote the book' on pediatric liver disease (Dr Balistreri) thought my son would need a permanent external drain for bile flow but the former GI didn't want to go there. Any thought/experience/ideas on what a tortuos (twisting kink) stricture in the common bile duct could mean ? The duct was quite obviously dilated above the stricture. Lori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Lori, Does your son still have his gallbladder? My problems with sludge and clogging have been " solved " (or seem to have) after my gallbladder was taken out. The sludge was coming from my gallbladder. Regards, Chaim Boermeester, Israel From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of wildwildtrips Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 17:49 To: Subject: tortuous stricture in common bile duct My son (who is 12) has more seemingly adult like symptoms/consequences of PSC than most of the kids I know so I thought I would ask this here. A brief history of his bile duct history... 13 ERCPs for partial or total obstructions in his common bile duct stents replaced frequently for years during the ERCPs tons of sludge/stones each time he had the ERCPs initial MRCP and first ERCP they found 2 very tight strictures and a grossly dilated duct last ERCP he had an extra big sphincterotomy cut done to try and establish bile flow after so many obstructions and stents that kept getting clogged after only a few weeks the huge sphincterotomy along with higher doses of urso to thin out bile, new antibiotic and probiotic regimin and g tube feeds have help the quality of his bile somewhat He also has some complicating factors- he has severe short bowel syndrome (most of his small intestines gone, he has no ileocecal valve and virtually no ileum (for bile salt absorption) so he has really poor quality bile- thus the need for urso, antibiotics and questran) He has had severe/acute pancreatitis 3 times and I suspect now has chronic pancreatitis..not confirmed for certain...long story... The recent finding found with the latest and greatest type of MRI machine with all the Philips reps assisting to get some really good images...showed the really obvious (even to my relatively untrained eye) dilation and stricture that twisted around (were called tortuos) . The GI called me himself within a few hours of the study, after having looked at the films himself with the radiologist- so not a good sign. I am wondering if anyone has had problems with chronic pancreatitis that has caused a similar problems. The initial research I have been doing seems to point towards pancreatic problems causing this or caused by this ??. One expert we saw on biliary/liver disease- he actually 'wrote the book' on pediatric liver disease (Dr Balistreri) thought my son would need a permanent external drain for bile flow but the former GI didn't want to go there. Any thought/experience/ideas on what a tortuos (twisting kink) stricture in the common bile duct could mean ? The duct was quite obviously dilated above the stricture. Lori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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